The increase compared to 2019 pre pandemic was only £150,000. i say only, £150,000, that increase alone is about five times what the typical full time alone is about five times what the typicalfull time uk alone is about five times what the typical full time uk worker makes alone is about five times what the typicalfull time uk worker makes in a year. but yes, the increase from 2019 to 2021 is not as dramatic as from 2020 to 2021 because top pay went down a bit to only again, inverted commas, 2.5 million during the pandemic. i think in some ways, it has been a fascinating natural experiment. we knocked ceo pay down to a mere £2.5 million, my people thing actually, that is enough. and when businesses rebound, might they prioritise pay increases for lower pay “ prioritise pay increases for lower pay lower paid workers, rather than ceos who are already multimillionaires custom our research shows unfortunately, that has not happened. research shows unfortunately, that has not happ
Ukraine, but those in crimea. let s leave that aside for now and certainly the government in kyiv and most ukrainians do not seem to be in any mood to accept a deal that leaves russia having essentially one, having achieved part of its war efforts by an inverted commas, liberating the russian speaking areas of eastern ukraine. ultimately, means russian will of gobbled up 20% of the sovereign country and i would be a strategic defeat for nato and a disaster for ukraine. so, they re not prepared to accept that and at the moment, i think was going to happen is the longer this goes on, the more this will frankly drop on the running order of news bulletins are on the road in peoples attentions will turn to more immediate things are occupying their lives like the rising cost of living in energy prices and political scandals at home. and gradually, the road will
Have the right, in inverted commas, school uniform and others will not and be self conscious about it? i think hopefully this guidance will help with that. from the research we carry out in the schools there are lots of examples of children feeling different because of the clothing they wear. there are examples of children being sanctioned or given detention and not able to participate in certain activities, things like pe or art activities because they don t have the right kit. it can be very obvious if a child is living on a low income and doesn t have what they need but i would say this guidance, in terms of reducing some of those costs, the aim is to make sure that uniform costs are not a barrier to education. although i would say that i think the government needs to go a step further on this. as things currently stand in the other uk nations there is nationalfunding for low income parents to help with the cost of school in those other
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